Angel Snowflake Sugar Cookies

This is a recipe that I got from my mother over 40 years ago. She called them drop sugar cookies, so I renamed them this year. These are crispy cookies that melt in your mouth. Almost every time I take them to a potluck party, I am asked for the recipe.

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Prep Time: about 30 minutes

Cook Time: 6-10 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours

Yield: 5 or 6 dozen

Ingredients:

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup margarine or butter

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Steps:

Mix in order listed. incorporating each ingredient as you go. When thoroughly mixed, chill the dough for about an hour.

Roll chilled dough into balls about the size of a walnut. Place on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.

Flatten with a fork dipped in sugar. You can use colored sugar for this step. You may exchange the fork for another tool. In the original recipe, it called for the bottom of a glass since years ago the glasses had a pretty design. I choose to use my meat tenderizer hammer. See photo.